Abstract: Each year when I get my review copy of EA's NHL game in the mail, I start by heading over to the GN site to read the prior year’s review. When I did that this year, I realized that this is my 5th year reviewing hockey titles for the site. It’s amazing ...
Abstract: Hockey is a sport often overlooked in the flurry of Fall games, catering to a diverse audience with a blend of action on the ice, body checks and board play. NHL 10 looks to satisfy many gamers this year by offering up new board play, fight controls a...
Abstract: After a few years of questionable quality and lagging behind 2k Sports’ NHL series, the folks at EA Sports decided to do a huge revamp with NHL08 which was a big success, and with NHL09 they further established their dominance over competition. On the ...
Abstract: Sports games are sort of like the black sheep of the video gaming family, often appealing to a breed of 'gamer' that has almost no interest in any other genre. There are probably a number of reasons one could come up with to explain this phenomenon but...
Abstract: I've been waiting for this for quite a few months. The day EA's NHL 10 arrived in our office for review. It certainly wasn't this way a few years ago. I was angry about the NHL players strike/lockout and EA didn't have the best game either. 2K Sports ...
EA Sports NHL 10 is again this years game of the year in the sports genre. It has maintained its solid foundation that makes a great sports game. In the process, they have also improved the controls and gameplay to be almost perfect. The onl...
Abstract: Over the last couple of years, EA’s NHL series has made huge strides to become not just the best hockey game, but also one of the best sports games on the market period. NHL 10 continues this pattern of excellence. It isn’t quite the huge leap forward ...
NHL ’10 isn’t just the sports game of the year so far. To me, it’s the game of the year, period. I don’t say that lightly; this isn’t just a good game, it takes every bar that sports games have set and raises them memorably. This is the most realistic ...
Abstract: There is nothing in sports gaming like controlling a skater in NHL 10. The fluidity, motion, and speed are captured perfectly. It is essential to the game, something that makes EA’s hockey franchise the winner of multiple “Sports Game of the Year” awar...